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Originally Posted by capricious
Thank you to all for your well wishes- they are much appreciated.
I went horribly astray for about a week eating everything I could think I had wanted and missed out on for the past year. Sort of have one of those extremist personalities that's all in or all out 
. It wasn't pretty but it did make me realize that it was definitely not the way I want to live again. My body just feels so much better when eating healthy whole foods (duh!). Not proud of how I handled the stress and pressure I felt to eat. Very proud of the fact I am eating healthfully again and that I pulled out of the spin. Guess there is something to this whole thing of do it until it becomes habitual because I so missed my routine of eating well it drew me back in. It has finally dawned on me that there are so many benefits to eating well beyond a good figure. My skin is better, my mood is better and my digestive system is MUCH better.
Mom2cs- you're right of course! Atkins style does tend to work better... Have the hardest time wrapping my brain around it sometimes though because calorie counting always wheedles it's way in...
Maile- where are you going on your trip?
SaraBean- sometimes even just following strict Phase 3 is enough to reset eating habits - it's the structure of 3 meals & 1 snack- that I always found to really help.
Ishbel- I didn't exercise at all on Phase 1 or 2 or even 3. Phase 4 since my carbs had increased I started exercising 2-3 x/ week for a half hour. Then read that most successful maintainers exercise at least 250 minutes/ week. So went about making that my weekly goal. I usually do cardio 3-4x/ week for 1 hour and strength training 2x/ week for an hour. Best thing though is to start out slow and easy (walking, DVD, learn to run) that only requires 30 min. Because it's easy to find 30 minutes and so it is an easier commitment to make. Once you're doing 30 minutes 3 or more x per week on a regular basis then think about increasing time and then intensity. When I first hit maintenance woolberger suggested that we do a chAllenge to keep us on track and exercise always figured into our challenges, along with a max of 1 free day, the rest would change but those always stayed the same. I found this very helpful in developing habits...
Pxlkitty- loved hearing about your piano lessons- such happy story!
Jennydoodle- I'm back usin CSP and still really enjoying it. Just feel good...
Thanks for the response back Cap, glad you're feeling better with your eating habits. Going through something like that is an emotional rollercoaster! :/
I already tried exercising...I had toe surgery so couldn't exercise and then got approval to 'run' last Wednesday...but then had surgery on my leg scheduled for Friday. So last Thursday was my "LETS SEE WHAT THIS BODY CAN DO". I ran for 20 minutes without stopping, took a 2 minute walk and then ran for another 20 minutes. With warm up and cool down a total of 55 minutes on the treadmill. It was my quads that gave out not my lungs which I found very interesting. The next day was a normal 'workout ache'. So I didn't hurt myself.
HOWEVER, I had some complications with the leg surgery and ended up in the ER last Friday evening with a blood clot...SO I'm not running for a bit now. Stitches come out tomorrow so we'll see what the doc says. I expect I can walk or do the stairmill (I call it the death mill) and then sometime next week I should be able to run again.
I was pumped to feel that strong!!
capricious , 06-01-2012 01:29 PM
New Englander , 06-01-2012 03:54 PM
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